L&D SRIG Session at 2012 NAfME Biennial Conference in St. Louis, Missouri

Thursday March 29, 2012 from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Development of Music Communication in Relationship to Cultural and Social Contexts in Children and Adults with Disabilities.

Description

This session will focus on issues and development in music communication including ways through which children and adults communicate about music. The presenters, leading researchers in the field, will examine ways children with and without disabilities learn from each other through social and cooperative experiences in inclusive classrooms, as well as how one's cultural context affects musical interactions in such forms as memory and cognition. The presenters will demonstrate how current research findings can best inform educators’ practices in music education classrooms and how children with and without disabilities may demonstrate musical understanding. They will also provide data regarding how music cognition and memory is influenced and affected by the listener’s cultural context.

Presenters

JUDITH A. JELLISON
Judith A. Jellison, Professor of Music Education, is the Mary D.Bold Regents Professor in Music at U.T. Austin. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Elementary Methods and graduate courses in Observation and Evaluation and Music in Special Education and Therapy. Dr. Jellison is a recipient of a College of Fine Arts Teaching Excellence Award, and her articles appear in leading national music journals and books. She regularly presents research, lectures and clinics at national and international conferences in music education and music therapy, and serves as a consultant to school districts and as a contributing writer for major publishing houses on topics concerning the inclusion of children with disabilities into regular music settings. Dr. Jellison currently serves on the editorial boards of the "Journal of Research in Music Education" and the "Journal of Music Therapy." She served as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Music Educators Research Council and the Society of Research in Music Education of MENC and served on steering committees of the National Endowment for the Arts and the United States Department of Education

STEVEN MORRISON
Steven J. Morrison is Professor of Music and Chair of Music Education at the University of Washington, Seattle and is Director of the Laboratory for Music Cognition, Culture and Learning, an interdisciplinary research center at the UW. Morrison’s research includes neurological responses to music listening, interactions of visual and auditory perception, and perceptual and performance aspects of pitch-matching and intonation. He also studies music preference and the relationship of musical responses to diverse cultural contexts. Dr. Morrison recently served as Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Cambridge. His articles have appeared in journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Music Perception, Neuroimage, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, and Progress in Brain Research. He is also a contributing author to the book, Science and Psychology of Music Performance published by Oxford University Press and the text, Musician and Teacher: An Orientation to Music Education co-authored with colleagues Patricia Campbell and Steven Demorest.

PATRICIA J. FLOWERS
Patricia J. Flowers, professor of music education, was educated at Kent State University (B.M. and M.M.) and Florida State University (Ph.D.). She taught elementary general music in Ohio public schools, and served as a faculty member at the University of Texas at San Antonio prior to joining the OSU faculty. Dr. Flowers teaches graduate level research classes as well as music methods classes for teachers of elementary, preschool, and special education students. Her research interests include music listening and description, music in the inclusive classroom, and music in older adulthood.
Dr. Flowers has a sustained record of professional publication in premiere journals and regularly presents her research in venues spanning school districts, state and national organizations, professional associations, university residencies, and international meetings. She has served two terms on the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Research in Music Education, as Chair of the Music Education Research Council, and as the 2002 Invited Lecturer for the Society for Research in Music Education. She has been a member of the OSU School of Music faculty since 1985 where she served as Chair of Graduate Studies from 1992-2007 and twice received the School of Music Distinguished Scholar award. Professor Flowers continues to blend teaching, research, and outreach through regular engagement with schools and nursing homes, promoting music to enhance quality of life for people of all ages.

Please join me in congratulating our new Chair-Elect, Dr. Jessica Nápoles, Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at the University of Utah! She was elected by the membership with over 103 votes cast (A new record for election participation by members of our SRIG!). She will join our incoming Chair, Dr. Elisa Dekaney, Assistant Professor of Music Education at Syracuse University in leading our SRIG forward through 2012!

Exploring Views of Research in Music Learning
Sociological, Behavioral, and Neurological

Friday, March 26, 8:00 AM

Presenters

Dr. Alice-Ann Darrow, Florida State University
Dr. Steven Demorest, University of Washington
Dr. Steven Kelly, Florida State University
Dr. Steven Morrison, University of Washington

Registered members of the L&D SRIG were emailed an invitation to vote for the 2010-2012 Chair-Elect. Please check for a message from ldsrig@bama.ua.edu. If you did not receive an invitation to participate in the election and you are a member of the L&D SRIG, please contact Carl Hancock, Chair of the L&D SRIG for assistance.

Election of the 2010-2012 chair-elect will be held online. Only members of the L&D SRIG are permitted to participate in the election. A link to the election site will be emailed shortly. To read information about the candidates click here.